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31 Jul 2008

As a thank you to my readers for popping on my blog and to help me celebrate reaching 25,000 hits, I have some BLOG CANDY!

All you have to do is comment on THIS post ---- I love to hear your thoughts or just leave a comment, or just say hi!

Edited to add: Okay the draw is on Monday August FOURTH (I've changed it) not the 2nd......where is that brain?? Oooooo, I know it was here somewhere.....{hugs to Jenny Mick for letting me know when the 4th was!! duh me..... now if you win the candy it's going to look like a set up --LOL!}

I'll use random.org and post the winner on Monday morning, August 4----because sometimes you need a pick-me-up on Monday's!!

Check it out tomorrow and join in on the fun! If you can't join in every Friday, no worries! There is no time limit and there will be a new one each Friday for you to try! Come on over and challenge yourself!!

Then I took my old-fashioned embossing light thingy - I forget what the actual name of it is - and my brass stencil and embossed away using my stylus. If anyone knows the name - please let me know!

I added a titch of ribbon, stamped the sentiment inside and sent it away! Oh yes, I did sign it too.This is not the best picture, but I had to take it fast!!But honestly, it took me about 15 minutes to make.....the longest part was finding figuring the stencil to use!!Well, UNBELIEVABLE---- I see I have surpassed the 25,000 hits mark!! UNBELIEVABLE! did I say that already......?I am going to be offering up blog candy so I have to go and figure out what I am going to give away!! I have sooooo much stuff and I don't know why - maybe it's because I am so unorganizedforgetful generous to a fault! - but that is for your benefit- so I promise when I sort out some "schtuff" I will do the candy .

Thank you so much everyone for all your wonderful comments and continued support!

I colour on the stamp with my Tombow markers with pink and green, and then I spray my water mister in the air a couple of times.

Then I wave the coloured up stamp through the mist to get some water droplets on it.

Believe me, if someone came into my stamp room just then, they would have thought I had lost it!!

I usually take a look at the stamp after waving it through the mist, just to make sure that I actually got some mist on the stamp because sometimes I miss the misting - KWIM?......quite funny actually....

If it has a few water droplets on it, good to go. I just stamp it on my Very Vanillapaper and BEAUTY!! I love this look.......so soft and pretty!

I don't know if Chocolate Chipwas the best choice for the card base, but it was already cut out with the rectangle nestabilities and laying here, so I thought I would use it up!

The patterned paper was also just laying here - yes, I have a messy desk! - so I don't know who it is from.....

The sentiment is from Little Paper Shopstamp set All Occasions. This set is full of all the sentiments you ever need, in such a beautiful, gentle font! Perfect!

Flowers are Prima Forever Flower hydrangea and I added a couple of Stamping Bellabaubles to finish them off.

28 Jul 2008

My hubby wandered into my stamp room this morning muttering something about needing clean underwear, and he got pawing through some of the stamp sets - {please don't look in the closet.....}He reminded me that we needed some sympathy and thank you cards and held up Gina K Designsset Comfort and Peace. "Would this be a good set to use?" I wanted him to stop snooping hug me so I said "oh yes, perfect honey!!"

Then I sat down and played around a bit. I love using these stamps with my Tombow markers......I just draw on the stamp with the colours I want to use, then I mist up the rubber a wee bit - not too much or you get a messy blob -I say that through experience- then you stamp on your paper!!

So easy and beautiful!!

My paper is Papertrey Inkwhite, but I am sure you could use watercolour paper, in fact, maybe you are supposed to use watercolour paper, but then again, in stamping, is there anything that you are "supposed" to do!!?? Besides have fun??!?!

The last thing I did was stamp the sentiment, which is from the Comfort and Peace set also, in Brilliance Black AFTER I tied the ribbon, which is very tricky to do!

I should have stamped it before I glued it down but I forgot and tried to get away with it after. Let me tell you, it was difficult. I had to make sure the sentiment was placed at the top of my acrylic block so that the block wouldn't interfere with the ribbon when I stamped and then get black ink all over the place. UGH!!

I managed to get away with it this time but there have been other times when you cross your fingers - and it still gets mucked up!!Well, I should go get some laundry done before Canadian Idol starts. Nothing like an underwearless man wandering around.......

26 Jul 2008

I've had this Lockhart stamp for quite awhile and just never got around to any of Taylor's Challenges!

There are only so many challenges you can make cards for.......and right now I am doing the Dare to Get Dirty challenges over on Splitcoast Stampers!!

It is so cool and they really throw a ton of challenges at you at once....but so FUN to do!! You can see all the cards from the challenges here, and if you are a fan club member you can join in the fun!!

This cards is for a sketch challenge and a cupcake challenge today that I have combined.

I stamped it in Brilliance Black ink onto a piece of vellum that was attached to a piece of Memory Box patterned paper, the exact size. I love this particular piece of designer paper because it has birds on it - so perfect!!

I had already cut to size and scalloped the edges of the vellum with my corner rounder when I decided to use different paper.

Then I had to cut and scallop the designer paper, thank goodness it lined up!!

24 Jul 2008

I wanted to make a simple card for Sharon Johnson's Stamp Simply Dirty Girl Challenge, (fan club members only) - I know this is kind of a pain if you are not a fan club member of Splitcoast Stampers, I used to get peeved about it, then I joined!! and now I wonder what took me so long!!

Back to the card: In Sharon's words, this is all you need to Stamp Simply

"-Start with a simple layout/design and a beautiful image-Use some favorite paper (either DP or cardstock)-Add your stamped image and a sentiment if you wish-Finish it off with a beautiful ribbon or other embellishment-Simple, beautiful, done!!!"

I think I have accomplished these things in this card.......

My layout is simple - never mind that it took me an hour to figure it out

I used the paper that lately I seem to be using a lot of - green!! or in this case Kiwi!!

I only have one stamped image, and that is the background, which is Flourishes damask which I stamped in Brilliance Black.

The images on the white panel are both rub-ons!! Aren't they gorgeous!

How lame am I that I JUST discovered that I own some Stamping Up's rub-ons??!! Someone must have hidden them from me and I now just found them, kind of not buried, kind of in front of me.....ya--- so what?! LOL!!

I have finished the card off by adding vellum over top of the stamped background and then a little bit of organdy/organza ribbon - both swiss dot and plain. I don't know which one is the proper name ---all I know is that together, they are bee-yoo-ti-ful!!

So then I thought, why don't I watercolour it so then I could combine the two challenges, in which Christine's challengewas watercolouring??

When I was trying to figure out which colours to use I thought of Lauren's challengetoday which was a monochromatic scheme - varying shades of the same colour! Brilliant........ I'll throw that in too!

The ribbon I chose is from the Paper Pickle and I have wined before about that luscious ribbon that just sits at the counter - jars and JARS of it!!! and of course I grabbed this thinking it would be great for - uh huh!! Hallowe'en cards!!

Yee Haw!This week marked the beginning of the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges 2008 on SCS!! All this week you can stamp along with the Dirty Dozen for the Dare to Get Dirty Challenge 08!! Each day there are challenges presented by Dirty Girls and those Dirty Girls have made samples for each challenge also!!Monday there were two challenges, one hosted by Jody (texasjodylynn)and the other by Laurie (Lauraly).Tuesday's challengeswere headed up by Michelle Woerner,Christine Okkenand last but certainly not least Julie Ebersole Her Royal Rubberness herself with some top secret challenges!! Head on over and check it out!! But, you have to be a Fan Club Member to play!! So far I've done Jody's and Julie's challenges - to be posted later and hoping to do more this week! There are only so many hours in a day ya know!!!Get on over there and sign up now!! FUN FUN FUN!!!ANDLittle Paper Shop'sawesome new stamps are for sale NOW!! Head on over an check them out!! YAY!

22 Jul 2008

I have to say I didn't really like Stella when she first arrived on Stamping Bella, but after colouring her up a couple of times, once with her martini glassand now her coffee mug - she is growing on me!

This card is for Jen del Muro's Sketch For You To Try this week. I can't believe I am actually doing it the week of and not the week aft!! LOL!

I coloured her up and paper pieced her with my copics and some My Mind's Eye Wild Asparagus paper that I have had for a wee bit of time!

20 Jul 2008

This is my Featured Stamper challenge card for this week. The Featured stamper was Susiestampalot with a fantastic gallery that you can see here and this is her cardthat I chose to case..I used the Spellbinders Apron die to cut out the image in Kraft paper from Papertrey Ink.I faux stitched around the edges with my white gel pen. there are embossed stitches from the die, but you couldn't see them that well with this thick of paper, I didn't think so anyway.I added the aqua coloured designer paper from My Mind's Eye and then the sentiment over top. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink'sBoards and Beams set.I thought that the apron would go well with this sentiment.I used the Cuttlebug flower die and topped it with a flower from Little Paper Shop's Endless Arrangement stamp set, then topped that with a pearl bauble from Stamping Bella!Some Melissa Frances lace and brads and it was done!!

19 Jul 2008

Ya....I had to make another card, I love this set, Fairy Tale Adventures so much!!Once Upon a Time there was a Prince with a fuzzypurple pet Dragon named Star.....The End

This magical paper is from DCWV and is part of their Once upon a Time8 x 8 paper pack and I dabbered around the edges with 'Pearl' Adirondack Metallic Acrylic Paint Dabber

The base is Memory BoxLavender and it is a 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" card, which you know, I don't usually do, but because I wanted to get both the Prince and his Dragon on the same card, I did it!

Did you catch the "fuzzy dragon" part? I flocked him!! It is so easy to do - good grief! I should flock everything!

I just stamped and coloured both the images with copics and then ran my glue pen over the part on the dragon that I wanted flocked.

The flock is very fine, but you just pick up little bits between your fingers and sprinkle it on the glue, then pat it down, then sprinkle some more, and pat it down some more!!

It probably took me about 30 seconds, so it does take up a hoard of time!! HAHA! Then you just pick up your card and kind of flutter it over the G file - I didn't flick it, in case it all fell off, which it probably wouldn't have, but I just didn't want to!

It is called Fairy Tale Adventures and it has so many magical possibilities - haha!- couldn't resist!!

Ever since I was little I have had a fascination with unicorns!! I mean, not a 'buy every map and go searching for a unicorn' kind of fascination but if I happened to see a picture of a unicorn, I would say "Oh my GOSH! Look at the unicorn!!" That kind.

ANYWAY.........

This little guy was stamped onto Papertrey Inkwhite and colored with copics. I stamped the sentiment right under him because I decided to make a round card and I can never figure out what to do with the sentiment so better under him than not there at all! KWIM??!

I added some orange stickles (because Unicorns have stickles on their horns -- uh huh) to the horn and then stamped the stars and coloured them with orange stickles too!

I made a round scalloped base from Papertrey InkSpring Moss and added some white loop de loops around the scallops with a white gel pen.

The coloured image was glued to a round piece of designer paper from a "me & my BIG ideas" paper pad called modern milan- 48 sheets of 8 x 8 wonderfully colourful designs!

I used my Stamping Up slot punch to make a slot (duh!) in the corner on the side of the image and tied some swiss dot ribbon through it.

Then I popped it up on the base and it was done! So dang cute! and I love the round card! - How about you??

These transparencies are so thick you can emboss on them without melting or burning anything - that shouldn't be melted or burned..... I used blue and yellow MM shimmery embossing powder and heated it up to melt, then cut out the butterfly, folded it and glued it on with a clear glue dot! I love it!!

I really have got to run and post this because Allison is always late posting and if I am later than her well, what does that say???

Please check out the other design team's sewing cards and tell them that I am finally posted will ya?!!

I'm off to take Holly to math class today!!

Yay!

I get to cruise my two local scrapbook shops-just like I did last week, and the week before, and the week before and the ............

We would love to have you join us in our sewing challenge! The challenge is to use any kind of SEWING along with a June stamp set release.

You don't have to use LPS stamps but if you have them, why not use them!!?!

If you upload on Splitcoaststampers, please use the keyword LPSDTC02, as well as littlepapershop (no spaces) so we can all check out your work!

A couple of weeks ago I issued a challenge to the Little Paper Shop Design Team!

It was to incorporate some type of sewing on your creation! I wanted to use my new Janome sewing machine because I haven't been using it lately, and I am afraid my son-in-law will think I am not very thankful for it!

WRONG! I love it!!

But I don't have it done--YIKES!!

Head of the challenge and don't even have a sample done??!!

What a loser!

LOL!

I'll be back later to post my card.....my stupid silly sewing machine is tense....

Oh dear - I found new little storeon the internet not far from my home, so I can go and shop in person - haven't done it yet - that would be BAD news - or order it over the web - which is what I did! Fabulous service!! Excellent prices!!

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I am a farm wife with a love for stamping and golfing. I have a wonderfully supportive husband, (with his OWN expensive hobbies - thank goodness!) 3 fabulous children, all grown up, and three precious grandsons and a granddaughter, who have us wrapped around their fingers and toes! We are retired from egg farming so now I have a ton of spare time to stamp!